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Not in my personal experience, no. For example, to me, 'Lost Mine of Phandalver' was a solid experience of how the game actually works...

At best, it's a 'gateway product', not showing the actual game but instead being in the space between an ordinary board game and an...

I'm slightly confused. With this starter-set, it looks like they are trying to turn D&D into a boardgame-like thing, that doesn't really...

So, which is it ? Is it 'without a playtest', or 'Mid-playtest retreat' ? You cannot have both. Seriously ? Sounds like lame clickbait...

One ?

Hrm. Seems to me that 'corporate needs' means 'more sales', which can be achieved by 'producing content based on audience demands' ...

Nah. Sometimes you just lose a whole

Thanks for the response. I was unaware of the 'Taking 20' rule (I'm new to D&D). But doesn't all of this mean that you are taking the...

Ah. I missed that, thanks for pointing it out. So let me see if I understand that correctly. If (in the lock picking example) they have...

But if you can just pick a lock without the chance of failure, then why have a lock on the door in the first place ? You might as well...

It's not. In combat, the challenge is in trying to get the enemies HP down to zero before they do the same to you. There is no such...

Hrm. Those are actually good points, but: if you can just retry until you succeed, wouldn't it be easier if you just let the player...

My personal issue with 'just trying again', is that it removes any real challenge. If you allow to try again infinitely, the player can...

Ok. So specifically, the average number of registered DDB users simultaneously online at any given time ? Which, without any further...